Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Ark. Code Ann. § 9-4-102

Definitions

Known as the Arkansas Domestic Peace Act

The act spans §§ 9–9 (12 sections).

Acts 2003, No. 1276, § 1.

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Advocate” means an employee, supervisor, or administrator of a shelter;

(2) “Commission” means the Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission;

(3) “Domestic abuse” means: Physical harm, bodily injury, or assault between family or household members;

(4) The infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault between family or household members; or

(5) Any sexual conduct between family or household members, whether minors or adults, that constitutes a crime under the laws of this state;

(6) “Family or household members” means: Spouses;

(7) Former spouses;

(8) Parents;

(9) Children;

(10) Persons related by blood within the fourth degree of consanguinity;

(11) Persons who presently cohabit or in the past cohabited together; and

(12) Persons who presently have a child in common;

(13) “Shelter” means any entity that: Provides services including food, housing, advice, counseling, and assistance to victims of domestic abuse and their minor dependent children in this state; and

(14) Meets the program, fiscal, and training requirements of this chapter;

(15) “Victim” means any individual who: Is eighteen (18) years of age or older, is a minor who has his or her disabilities removed, or is a married individual under eighteen (18) years of age;

(16) Is the victim of domestic abuse; and

(17) Seeks services at a shelter; and

(18) “Volunteer” means any person who donates his or her time to provide services to victims at a shelter.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.